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Affect Performance Team
|Nextdoor|Feb 14, 2026

Nextdoor Audience in Chicago: Minimum Monthly Reach, Demographics, and Interest Segments

Nextdoor Audience in Chicago: Minimum Monthly Reach, Demographics, and Interest Segments

Nextdoor Audience in Chicago: Estimated Monthly Reach (Min Monthly Reach)

The figures below reflect minimum estimated monthly reach from the Nextdoor Ads interface. This is not a count of unique users. The goal is to understand local addressable scale and the age, gender, and Unknown distribution inside the minimum reach forecast.

The total minimum estimated monthly reach in Chicago is 322,000. A meaningful share of that total sits in Unknown age (59,100, about 18.4%), so the cleanest way to read the age profile is to separate “known-age” users from the Unknown bucket. Within the known-age portion (262,900), the audience is clearly older-skewing, with 55+ accounting for 144,000 (about 54.8% of known-age reach).

Gender composition also stands out. Female reach is 167,000 (about 51.9% of total) versus 108,000 male (about 33.5%), with 47,000 Unknown gender (about 14.6%). Among users with known gender (275,000), the split is about 60.7% female and 39.3% male. Unknown is not confined to one dimension: within the Unknown gender segment, 13,900 (about 29.6%) also have Unknown age, which limits how precisely demographic conclusions can be generalized across the full local audience.

Nextdoor audience in Chicago (Min Monthly Reach)

Chicago Min Monthly Reach Unknown 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55+ Total
Female 25,900 3,100 10,000 19,000 28,000 81,000 167,000
Male 19,300 2,600 8,100 14,000 17,000 47,000 108,000
Unknown 13,900 1,200 3,900 6,000 6,000 16,000 47,000
Total 59,100 6,900 22,000 39,000 51,000 144,000 322,000

Nextdoor Interest Segments in Chicago: Min vs Max Monthly Reach

The interest ranges below show potential monthly reach using a conservative minimum estimate and a higher maximum estimate. Practically, this is a quick way to see which interests can scale broadly in the Chicago market versus which are more niche.

Chicago shows especially large scale in home and household-intent categories, with wide ranges in segments like Home Improvement & DIY (141,000–665,000), Health (114,000–555,000), Pet Owners (111,000–542,000), and Gardening & Landscape (107,000–524,000). This is often a strong fit for local services, home-related offers, and community-driven demand.

Two segments are worth calling out for go-to-market planning. Small Business Decision Makers and Owners (10,000–69,000) can be a practical way to reach local SMB audiences, where access may be more competitive or more expensive on platforms like LinkedIn and other major networks. Parents and families segments such as Declared Parents (43,000–244,000) and Lifestyles – Parents and Family (104,000–512,000) can support parent-focused campaigns, but they reflect a broad parent category without child-age details, which can complicate targeting for specific parent subgroups and may require stronger creative qualification or landing-page filtering.

Nextdoor interest segments in Chicago (Min/Max Monthly Reach)

Interests (Chicago) Min Monthly Reach Max Monthly Reach
Automotive 93,000 467,000
Books 77,000 400,000
Caring for Aging Parents 25,000 154,000
Declared Parents 43,000 244,000
Early Adopter to New Technology 64,000 340,000
Finance 89,000 449,000
Follows High School 37,000 217,000
Food Delivery 64,000 340,000
Foodies 73,000 382,000
Gardening & Landscape 107,000 524,000
Health 114,000 555,000
Home Improvement & DIY 141,000 665,000
Home security 63,000 335,000
Home services 57,000 311,000
Insurance 52,000 285,000
Internet and telecommunications 13,000 88,000
Lifestyles - Parents and Family 104,000 512,000
Media 63,000 338,000
Pet Owners 111,000 542,000
Professional Sports Fans 14,000 96,000
Real Estate 76,000 397,000
Recent Mover - 6 Months 9,800 66,000
Small Business Decision Makers and Owners 10,000 69,000
Style & Fashion 23,000 145,000
Travel 89,000 451,000